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A64234 A preservative against Deism shewing the great advantage of revelation above reason, in the two great points, pardon of sin, and a future state of happiness : with an appendix in answer to a letter of A. W. against revealed religion in the oracles of reason / by Nathanael Taylor. Taylor, Nathanael, d. 1702.; A. W. 1698 (1698) Wing T548; ESTC R8096 94,525 312

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